Concise book review of "Flight of the Intruder" by Stephen Coonts.

Flight of the interloper by Stephen Coonts

Overall, I would say that Flight of the Intruder is a very well crafted novel, especially for the writers first mend of published fiction. The admit centers on veteran U.S. Navy aviate 1st. Lt. Jake Cool Hand Grafton and later on, his BN (bombardier/navigator) Lt. Comdr. Virgil Tiger Cole. Coonts, having f subalternn A-6A Intruder bombers in the Vietnam War himself, is thus qualified to tell this sort of story, and most knows all of the sensations, dangers, and technical details involved with piloting these bombers. This sacred scripture offers many profound insights into the lives of naval carrier pilots during the Vietnam era and the dangers they faced, much(prenominal) as small arms fire at low altitudes, SAMs up high in the air, explosive concussions from their own bombs, attempting to refuel during flight, and taking off and landing in the pitch discomfit(p) of night from a relatively small carrier deck.

One of the fewer shortcomings of this book is that sometimes Coonts includes too many technical details, and I get bored, or I cant remember what the abbreviations mean. (e.g. TACAN, LSO, VDI, STARM, BARCAP, etc) However, the detail in this book is very vivid, as if I was personally strapped down into the pilots seat and hurtled at over 500 mph by means of enemy fire.



Throughout the book, Coonts masterfully makes the action, emotion, and suspense rise and fall, so that I did not want to put it down.

The storyline of this book is very captivating. After experiencing many years of the war, Lt. Grafton has grown to fail disillusioned and almost become jaded of flying, even though the exhilaration from flying was what he once lived on. After eyesight many brave flyers die pointlessly during attacks on unimportant targets, including his best...

If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



If you want to get a full essay, wisit our page: write my paper